installment

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (US) One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.
2. (US) Any of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equal in amount (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), and payment of which takes place at regular intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.
3. (US) A part of a published or broadcast serial.

Sinonieme

instalment

episode

instalment

installation

part

partial payment

rate

installing

payment

💸

dose

induction

cycle

bout

partition

part payment

pass

passage

period

portion

potion

premium

section

segment

serial

series

spell

term of payment

installment payment

bill

partial repayment

serial picture

time constant

dosage

division

establishment

inauguration

Vertalings

plazo

instalación

rata

acconto

entrega

prestação

puntata

acompte

installation

Rate

parcela

Ratenzahlung

δόση

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪnˈstɔːl.mənt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Old High German: stal

In summary

A 1732 alteration of estallment, from Anglo-Norman estaler (“fix payments”), from Old French estal (“fixed position”), from Old High German stal (“stall", "standing place”)
The sense of "part of a whole produced in advance of the rest" is from 1823.